uneasy

Adjective

• Feeling or causing discomfort, anxiety, or awkwardness.
• lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
  • "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"
  • "uneasy about his health"
  • "gave an uneasy laugh"
  • "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"
  • "an uneasy coalition government"
  • "an uneasy calm"
  • "an uneasy silence fell on the group"
• lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
  • "she fell into an uneasy sleep"

Adjective Satellite

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
• socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
  • "was always uneasy with strangers"
• relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort

Adj

• Not easy; difficult.
• Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety.
• Not easy in manner; constrained
• Causing discomfort or constraint

Examples

• He felt uneasy about his opponent’s challenging gaze, wondering if he’d missed a crucial play.
• He was behaving in an uneasy way.
• I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?

Synonyms

anxious, awkward, ill at ease, nervous, queasy, restless, unquiet, angstful, apprehensive, careful, concerned, distraught, disturbed, edgy, fraught, freaked out, hagridden, high-strung, jittery, jumpy, leery, nervy, on edge, perturbable, skittish, spookish, squeamish, stiff, tied in knots, twitchy, uneasy, ungraceful, verklempt, worried, worrisome, worryful

Antonyms

easy, restful

Related Words

unease, UNEASILY